Fig. 1.

Assessment of body weight and masseter muscle weight (masseter muscle weight and masseter muscle dry weight) in the CON (hollow bars; n = 10) and DEX groups (solid bars; n = 10). (A) Analysis of body weight in the CON and DEX groups at the beginning of dexamethasone treatment (time zero) and after 10 days of treatment. (B) Analysis of masseter muscle weight (g) in the CON and DEX groups after 10 days of treatment. (C) Analysis of muscle dry weight (g) in the CON and DEX groups after 10 days of treatment. (D) Ratio between the masseter muscle weight and body weight in the CON and DEX groups. Student’s t-test was used for the analysis between the groups (*p < 0.05)